SOUNDS OF AUTUMN
JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, PERCUSSION, JAZZ BANDS, AND COMBOS
6PM - JH & HS Jazz Bands and HS Jazz Combos
7PM - JH Bands and Drums
8PM - HS Bands and Percussion
Student Life Center
Conservatory Hall
SOUNDS OF AUTUMN
November 5, 2025
JUNIOR HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BANDS - 6PM
JUNIOR HIGH JAZZ BAND
Freddie the Freeloader......................................................... Miles Davis / Arr. Michael Sweeney
Chameleon........................................................................Herbie Hancock / Arr. Michael Sweeney
Blue Bossa Kenny Dorham
HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLES
Selections from:
Easy Money........................................................................................................................... Benny Carter
Mild, Mild Midwest Michael Conrad
Anthropology...............................................Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie / Arr. Mark Taylor
Alma Vacía Miguel Blanco
JUNIOR HIGH BANDS & DRUMS - 7PM
JUNIOR HIGH INTRO TO BAND
Selections from: Habits of a Successful Scott Rush and Jeff Scott Beginner Band Musician
Musette........................................... Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Scott Rush & Kevin Boyle / Ed. Christopher T. Greco
Fanfare on Ode to Joy....................................... Ludwig van Beethoven / Arr. William Owens
Parade of the Gladiators .............................................................................................. William Owens
JUNIOR HIGH BAND I
Liturgical Fanfare......................................................................................................... Robert W. Smith
On the Horizon Katie O’Hara LaBrie
In Darkest Night Barry E. Kopetz
Behemoth Adrian B. Sims
Softly Speaks the Night Carol Brittin Chambers
Across the Alaskan Snow..................................................................................................... JaRod Hall
HIGH SCHOOL BANDS & PERCUSSION - 8PM
HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND
Celtic Ritual John Higgins
Folk Song Suite............................................................................................. Ralph Vaughan Williams Mvmt 1. March – “Seventeen Come Sunday”
Finale from The Firebird Suite.......................................... Igor Stravinsky / Arr. Michael Story
HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC WINDS
Eureka Katahj Copley
As Summer Was Just Beginning.................................................................................... Larry Daehn (Song for James Dean)
A Time to Dance .................................................................................................................... Julie Giroux
HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
Fugue in G Minor..................................................... Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Ian Deterling
Sailing With Whales Rossano Galante
The Wild One! (Circus March) ................................................................................. Brian Balmages
HIGH SCHOOL CLARINET CHOIR
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity ......................................................................................... Gustav Holst from The Planets, Op. 32 Arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston
JUNIOR HIGH INTRO TO BAND
Flute
Mecah Alexander
Longyu (Selina) Chen
Lucas Chen
Yueh-Ning (Amber) Cho
Wenting (Tessa) Chu
Claire Li
Elizabeth Liao
Palash Malani
Aaral Singh
Jingyan (Emily) Xie
Wenxin (Jenny) Zhou
Clarinet
Jacob Brien
William Cannistraci
Kaeson Chang
Evan Liu
Bass Clarinet
Isaac Gerlach
Kieran Ng
Mile (Michelle) Yang
Bassoon
Caleb Kraver
Alto Saxophone
Nathaniel Chen
Ivor Griffiths
Chelsea Jiang
Skyler Sit
Katherine Zhao
French Horn
Eliott Nyberg
Jayaditya Rungta
Trumpet
Thomas Buschmann
Bryce Chapman
Leo Fang
Brianna Hernandez
Kurtis Jiang
Edugisle (Kikele) Pasternak
Uriah Rogers
Siddhant Sharma
Oliver Tang
Trombone
Ziyu Chen
Ellis Nimmakuri
Joanna Zhang
Baritone
Chloe Hsu
Andres Talledo
STUDENT PERFORMERS
Tuba
Ethan Lee
Evan Merza
JUNIOR HIGH BAND I
Oboe
Doreen Hu
Oliver Day
Flute
Shuwan Qin
Sadhana Swaminathan
Tanaaz Koliyariwala
Navilan Balasubramaniam
Kayla Nguyen
Ann Reinagel
Olivia Shen
Amelia Lam
Jeremy Zhou
Clarinet
Alice Zhang
Chelsey Park
Haoyue (Alex) Zhang
Bass Clarinet
Willow Stewart
Alto Saxophone
Derek Jin
Joshua Muse
Tenor Saxophone
Austin Zhao
Jason Tang
Baritone Saxophone
Matthew Sienicki
Trumpet
Gwendolyn Griffiths
Ziming (Vincent) Lou
Hannah Daugherty
Hetian (Aiden) Zhou
William Gunter
Vihaan Mahajan
Desmond Guichard
Bryceton Liao
French Horn
Zoe Delgado
Joshua Hsieh
Benjamin Lin
Trombone
Lucas Zhang
Luca Deac
Ruby Williams
Baritone
Isaac Luo
Willie Wang
Tuba
Aidan Lane
Jonathan Delke
JUNIOR HIGH BAND II
Flute
Amy Luo
Leah Kim
Jeremy Yeoh
Han (Gary) Lu
Kelly Zhang
Myra Luo
Isabella Moon
Faith Kim
Hanyue Zhou
Jerry Sun
Kaela Chang
Fiona Qiao
Oboe
Hyeonjin Cheong
Clarinet
Emily Yuan
Janie Hong
Jiayin Yao
Gideon Adhiwiyogo
Alto Saxophone
Vincent Zeng
Matthew Williams
Marc Tang
Oliver Townsend
Justin Kwon
Tenor Saxophone
Stella Yiu
Baritone Saxophone
Addison Morrow
French Horn
Veer Sandhu
Trumpet
Sebastien Wang
Hannah Sponseller
Ethan Barnes
Jacob Proctor
Satchit Sridhar
Trombone
Daniel Lee
Dominic Viduya
Cody Tanner
Baritone
Aadya Yadlapati
Tuba
Adelyn Wilson
Michael Afentoulis
JUNIOR HIGH DRUMS II
Austin Bai
Sofia Gass
Jacklyn Jang
Caydan Kim
Miley Liao
Aaron Lin
Liam Mangubat
Angel Wang
Zayden Wang
Audris Yu
JUNIOR HIGH JAZZ BAND
Flute
Kaela Chang
Clarinet
Janie Hong
Alto Saxophone
Vincent Zeng
Marc Tang
Stella Yiu
Matthew Sienicki
Tenor Saxophone
Gideon Adhiwiyogo
Baritone Saxophone
Addison Morrow
Trombone
Dominic Viduya
Cody Tanner
Luca Deac
Trumpet
Ethan Barnes
Sebastien Wang
Joshua Hsieh
Piano
Luke Chen
Ming-Mei Sun
Adam He
Aditya Sundar
Bass
Wyatt Olson
Luke Chacon
Drums
Shayan Yazdani
Aiden Barnes
STUDENT PERFORMERS
Guitar
Ayaan Singh
Jason Chen
Nolan Morris
Vibraphone
Jacklyn Jang
HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND
Flute
Sophie He
Lexi Liu
Kyle Zhao
Lucas Kim
Chloe Chiu
Bohan (Bill) Duan
Videsha Das
William Qu
Mikayla McCoy
Clarinet
Aiden Zheng
Kyle Chen
Zhonghao (Emily) Wang
Blythe Hraban
Madison Fechner
Bass Clarinet
Chloe Nyberg
Alto Saxophone
Lily Nguyen
Yoonhwan Lee
Dale Wiggins
Angela Siu
Tenor Saxophone
Brett Chapman
Jason Gomez Jr.
Baritone Saxophone
Caden Malinowski
Trumpet
Adam Smith
Aaron Granado
Cole Elliott
Raymond Guichard
Shiloh Samuel
Amy Chen
Trombone
Liam Gordon
Baritone
Jesse Chang
Jeffrey Chao
Tuba
Ethan Peng
HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC WINDS
Flute
Dana Sun
Samantha Martinez
Andy Ping
Piccolo
Grace Wei
Clarinet
Jooa Lee
Andrew Jun
Noah Phan
Bass Clarinet
Isobel Kwong
Alto Saxophone
Stephanie Lee
Alice Siu
Tenor Saxophone
Ashwath Raghu
Baritone Saxophone
Wesley Elliott
Trumpet
Andrew Rank
Isabella Nardelli
Akhil Achanta
French Horn
Aiden Shankar
Riley Wilson
Trombone
Anjali Prabhakar
Baritone
Samuel Zeng
Tuba
Julia Lee
HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
Piccolo
Xiran (Isabella) Liu
Flute
Ashlyn Choi
Sarah Bae
Oboe
Olivia Ahn
Bassoon
Alexander Wong
Kimoon Bae
Clarinet
Ryan Beiter
Terri Choi
Derek Pfeiffer
Bass Clarinet
Joel Kent
Alto Saxophone
Jiale (Jerry) Fan
William Xie
Tenor Saxophone
Daniel Li
Baritone Saxophone
Jeremy Yip
Trumpet
Bharat Raj
Allison Du
Kieran McMorrow
Trombone
Jasper Yip
Bryan Hu
Euphonium
Jessaleigh Hraban
Matthew Vasquez
Tuba
Kayla Ahn
STUDENT PERFORMERS
HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Alto Saxophone
Jiale (Jerry) Fan
Derek Pfeiffer
Yoonhwan Lee
Tenor Saxophone
Daniel Li
Wesley Elliott
Zhonghao (Emily) Wang
Baritone Saxophone
Jeremy Yip
Trombone
Jasper Yip
Bryan Hu
Anjali Prabhakar
Trumpet
Kieran McMorrow
Adam Smith
Cole Elliott
Andrew Rank
Piano
Kasen Zeng
Bass/Vocals
Joshua Prabhakar
Drums
Christian Blue
HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ LAB COMBOS
Piano
Ankita Nag
Kasen Zeng
Kelly Chen
Arushi Iyer
Bass
Joshua Prabhakar
Vishnu Parthasarathy
Tyler Lieu
Milania Chacon
DIRECTORS
Drums
Christian Blue
Rylan Finkbeiner
Guitar
Amber Chang
Luka Ramos
HIGH SCHOOL CLARINET CHOIR
Eb Clarinet
Terri Choi
Bb Clarinet
Derek Pfeiffer
Jooa Lee
Andrew Jun
Noah Phan
Aiden Zheng
Kyle Chen
Alto Clarinet
Isobel Kwong
Bass Clarinet
Ryan Beiter
Contrabass Clarinet
Joel Kent
PERCUSSION II
Caroline Beiter
Ethan Fu
Dylan Gouveia
Daniel Hankins
Joshua Hsieh
Brandon Lan
Riley Liao
Mason Nguyen
Shaurya Panda
Maya Patience
Patrick Su
Sidharth Swaminathan
Thomas Trinh
Chloe Xiao
Aeneas Yu
Ms. Katelyn Dietz (’14) – Woodwind Studies
Dr. Mike Jones – Jazz Studies
Dr. Shane Ryan (’16) – Brass Studies
Mr. Dave Sankus – Percussion Studies
Dr. Jeff Wilson – K-12 Director of Music Arts
11.12.25
HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
3:30 PM | Conservatory Hall
December 15 | 6pm
December 16 | 7pm
December 17 | 6pm
December 18 | 7pm
vcs.net/conservatorychristmas
AFFIRMING THE ARTS
Fall 2025
Oct 2-4.............................. 9-11 Radium Girls - HS Theatre
Oct 23................................. Fall Choral Concert - JH/HS Choirs
Oct 30................................. Fall Strings Concert - JH/HS Strings
Nov 5.................................. Sounds of Autumn - JH/HS Bands
Nov 6-8............................... Treasure Island - JH Theatre
Nov 12................................. Fall Chamber Recital - JH/HS Chambers
Nov 20-22........................... Emerge: Adventures in Wonderland - HS Dance
Dec 10................................ Holiday Chamber Recital - JH/HS Chambers
Dec 12-13............................ A Charlie Brown Christmas - EL Theatre
Dec 15-18............................ Christmas at the California - K-12 Conservatory
Monday, December 15 - K-3 EL Choirs
Tuesday, December 16 - JH Music
Wednesday, December 17 - 4-5 EL Music, HS Band and Percussion
Thursday, December 18 - The Bells Still Ring: A Conservatory Christmas Finale
Grace Zhu
WARRIOR FUND
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UPCOMING EVENTS
April 25, 2026
Join us for our annual dinner and auction. Enjoy a night to honor and celebrate the Warrior legacy, raise essential funds, and make a difference for students through financial assistance. Further details will be announced soon.
May 11, 2026
We look forward to welcoming the VCS community for a round of golf and a day of fellowship at the annual Golf Classic. vcs.net/golfclassic
Wherever you may be, we’re always here to support our amazing alumni like you.
As you continue to make a positive difference in communities around the world, we want to stay connected! We currently have 29 ambassadors all over the country that have connected with fellow alums near them. This past year we have visited 11 cities across the US and look forward to hosting an alumni dinner near you soon. Simply scan the QR code and fill out our “Alumni Connect Form” to stay updated on news and events. Let us know about where you’ve been, where you’re headed and stay connected with us today!
Giving PLANNED
The Shechem Oak Society empowers our community to make an extraordinary impact on future generations. The society comprises all who generously bequeath legacy gifts to Valley Christian Schools.
At a time when many American educational institutions are straying from biblical values, you can ensure that Valley Christian Schools continues its Quest for Excellence™ for future generations. Join us in providing high-quality Christ-centered education to our children and grandchildren by including VCS in your will.
VCS partners with Thompson & Associates to offer confidential and complimentary estate planning consultations to our board members, administrators, faculty, staff, and community. Join my wife, Kris, myself, and others in discovering the most tax-efficient means of transferring your estate to benefit your family and your passions.
As a trusted member of our VCS community, please accept our gift to you and arrange your estate planning consultation with Darren Penny of Thompson & Associates. You may email advancement@vcs.net or call my office at 408-513-2503. If you have already included VCS in your planned giving, kindly inform us so we may include you in our Shechem Oak Society.
Looking forward,
Clifford E. Daugherty, Ed.D. Chancellor
MISSION STATEMENT
Valley Christian Schools’ mission is to provide a nurturing environment o ering quality education supported by a strong foundation of Christian values in partnership with parents, equipping students to become leaders to serve God, to serve their families, and to positively impact their communities and the world.
VISION STATEMENT
A world where every student pursues their personal Quest for Excellence™
FOUNDING STATEMENT
Valley Christian Schools supports the homes and churches of students in providing an education that is grounded in the Judeo-Christian values of the Bible, as reflected in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. Valley Christian Schools is committed to a Quest for Excellence™ in all of its educational programs, and provides a comprehensive kindergarten through twelfth grade curriculum with a rigorous college preparatory program. Firmly founded on Christian values, Valley Christian Schools challenges youth to aspire toward lives of character, service, and influence while pursuing their individual Quests for Excellence
